Britons Fooled

Carrying out a tradition more than a century old, His Majesty's Faithful
House of Commons petitioned George V to bestow "some signal mark
of favor" on the retiring Speaker of the House, firm, courteous,
precise John Henry Whitley (TIME, July 2).

Custom entitles every
retiring Speaker to receive a viscountcy. The King-Emperor has no
choice as to which "signal mark of favor" he must bestow.
Moreover, in Mr. Whitley's case the Sovereign was impelled not by
necessity but by liveliest gratitude. Well His Majesty knows that...